Silver stater of Pharnabazus as Satrap of Cilicia (379-374 BCE), depicting a seated Baaltars. British Museum.Silver coin of Datames (r. 385-362 BCE) with the God Baaltars on a throne, seated left, torsos facing, holding grapes, grain ear, and eagle in right hand, scepter in left hand, surrounded by the city walls. Cabinet des Médailles.
baaltars, combination, baal, tarsus, aramaic, בעלתרז, ltrz, tutelary, deity, city, tarsus, persian, empire, depiction, appears, coins, persian, governors, satraps, cilicia, tarsus, before, conquests, alexander, great, century, such, datames, pharnabazes, mazai. Baaltars combination of Baal and Tarsus Aramaic בעלתרז B LTRZ was the tutelary deity of the city of Tarsus in the Persian Empire 1 His depiction appears on coins of the Persian governors satraps of Cilicia at Tarsus before the conquests of Alexander the Great in the 5th and 4th century BCE such as Datames Pharnabazes 2 and Mazaios 3 and also on coins of the early Seleucid Empire 1 The equivalent of Baaltars for the Greeks was Zeus Silver stater of Pharnabazus as Satrap of Cilicia 379 374 BCE depicting a seated Baaltars British Museum Silver coin of Datames r 385 362 BCE with the God Baaltars on a throne seated left torsos facing holding grapes grain ear and eagle in right hand scepter in left hand surrounded by the city walls Cabinet des Medailles Notes edit a b Hastings p 686 Cabinet des Medailles Paris Sayles p 43References editWayne G Sayles Ancient Coin Collecting VI Non Classical Cultures Krause Publications 1999 ISBN 978 0 87341 753 2 James Hastings S R Driver A Dictionary of the Bible Volume IV Part II Shimrath Zuzim The Minerva Group Inc 2004 ISBN 978 1 4102 1729 5See also editAchaemenid coinage nbsp This article relating to a myth or legend from the ancient Middle East is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Baaltars amp oldid 1128045015, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
